THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND PHILOSOPHY

Book ID/图书代码： 09912004B05603

English Summary/英文概要： Can power be wielded for good, or must it always corrupt? Does technology destroy the truly human? Is beer essential to the good life? The Lord of the Rings raises many such searching questions, and this book attempts some answers. Divided into five sections concerned with power and the Ring, the quest for happiness, good and evil in Middle-earth, time and mortality, and the relevance of fairy tales, The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy mines Tolkien’s fantasy worlds for wisdom in areas including the menace of technology, addiction and fetishism, the vitality of tradition, the environmental implications of Tolkien’s thought, Middle-earth’s relationship to Buddhism and Taoism, and more.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 托尔金的《魔戒三部曲》是二十世纪以来最伟大的奇幻巨部小说。它不仅仅是一部消遣文学，而且充满深厚哲理，引发人们对人类基本哲学问题的思考。如权力是否都是为善，还是必然导致腐败与堕落？高科技发展是否会摧毁人类文明？财富是否必定带来幸福？由17位哲学家合力撰写的《魔戒与哲学》一书基于托尔金的丰富想象世界，汲取挖掘了托尔金的睿智，从哲学角度探讨了科技对人类的威胁，物神崇拜，传统道德以及中土世界与哲学、道教、和佛教的关系。全书共分为五部分：权力与魔戒的关系；人类对幸福的寻求；中土世界的善与恶；时间与死亡以及神话故事的相对性。《魔戒与哲学》是以探讨文学、艺术作品中哲学问题为特点的《大众哲学丛书》的第五部。

Awards/获奖情况：General reader will find much to think about...would also be useful for students of Tolkien and in undergraduate teaching.---Science Fiction Research Association, #271, Jan-Feb-Mar 2005

About the Author/作者介绍： Gregory Bassham chairs the philosopy department at King’s College in Pennsylvania. Eric Bronson heads the philosophy and history department at Berkeley College in New York City. Both have been avid readers of Tolkien since childhood.
该书主编格里高利·巴斯汉姆 (Gregory Bassham) 和艾瑞克．布朗森 (Eric Bronson)为哲学教授，着有多部专业和通俗哲学著作。

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